Society for Range Management

Honor Award Citations Sustained Lifetime Achievement Fellow Outstanding Achievement • Academia-Research

• Land Stewardship

Outstanding Young Range Professional

60th Annual Meeting

February 16, 2007 Reno NV, USA

Table of Contents

Sustained Lifetime Achievement Taylor, Charles A. “Butch”

Fellow Schacht, Walter H. Sieg, Carolyn Hull

Outstanding Achievement Academia/ Research

Booth, Terrance D. McCartney, Duane Sedivec, Kevin K. Sheley, Roger L. Torrell, L. Allen Walker, John W.

Stewardship Allison, Christopher Dale Hart, Charles R. Moseley, Mark E. Williams, John

Outstanding Young Range Professional Coombs, Duane K. Meiman, Paul J.

Presented at tomorrow’s Banquet Frederic G Renner

W R Chapline Land Stewardship

W R Chapline Research

The Frederic G. Renner Award is the most prestigious award bestowed by the Society. It was made possible by a generous contribution from Frederic G. Renner, a Charter and Life member, and SRM’s second President (1949). The award is presented with the belief that such recognition will foster better use of rangeland resources and a broader understanding of the contributions that these resources make to the welfare of all people.

The W R Chapline Awards are considered co-equal and rank immediately below the Renner Award.

The Chapline Land Stewardship Award provides recognition

for exceptional accomplishments and contributions in the application of the art and science of range management.

The Chapline Research Award provides recognition for exceptional and sustained research accomplishments in range science and associated disciplines.

The Sustained Lifetime Achievement Award is presented by the Society for Range Management to members for long-term contributions to the art and science of range management and to the Society for Range Management.

Because a great deal of overlap exists between selection criteria for the Frederic G Renner, W R Chapline Awards with the Sustained Lifetime Achievement and the Outstanding Achievement Award, nominators may request that their nominees be simultaneously considered for each award, providing they are eligible. Such nominees will first be considered for the appropriate Renner or Chapline Award; unsuccessful nominees will then be considered for the Sustained Lifetime Achievement and/or Outstanding Achievement Award.

The title of Fellow is conferred upon members of the Society for Range Management in recognition of exceptional service to the Society and its programs in advancing the science and art of range-related resource management. This high honor is granted in the belief that special recognition should be given for exceptional and dedicated service to the Society. The Outstanding Achievement Award is presented by the Society for Range Management for outstanding achievement to members and other qualified individuals and groups working with rangelands. • The Outstanding Achievement Award has been subdivided into two

groups: • Academia/Research and • Land Stewardship (ranchers, agency professionals,

consultants).

The Outstanding Young Range Professional Award is presented by the Society to an individual member who has demonstrated extraordinary potential and promise as a range management professional. This award is presented as an encouragement for outstanding performance by young men and women entering the profession of range management.

Sustained Lifetime Achievement Taylor, Dr. Charles A. “Butch”

Dr. Charles A. “Butch” Taylor’s work at the Texas A&M Sonora Research Station since 1983 has established him as a leading authority in Texas and the Southwest on rangeland resource management, especially in the areas of livestock grazing management and the use of prescribed fire and goats for managing juniper and prickly pear cactus. Through his leadership, the Sonora Research Station has become a premier location to see and learn about the latest rangeland management techniques.

Dr. Taylor discovered that terpenoids limit juniper consumption by goats. He found that there is genetic variation within goats and the use of a selective-breeding program can create a goat herd with greater genetic ability to tolerate terpenoids. This, along with top killing large junipers, has allowed ranchers to seriously address the juniper invasion threatening ranchers and rural communities of the Edwards Plateau.

Butch’s innovative research on prescribed fire has shown that fires conducted under hot, dry conditions can effectively control juniper and prickly pear cactus while not permanently damaging the desirable grasses. His low-cost summer burning program is rapidly being adopted by ranchers. He also recognized that prescribed burning required more skill, manpower and equipment than individual ranchers possess. Thus, he has “neighbors helping neighbors” carry out prescribed burns on 40,000+ acres of the over 1 million acres represented by the Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burning Association 200 members.

His research on rangeland water budgets was completed long before the importance of rangelands as watersheds for expanding urban populations was recognized. Thus, he is partially responsible for the Texas Brush Control Program – targeting over one million acres of Texas rangelands for brush control to increase water yield.

Recognizing the changing landscape of land ownership, with the “new” owners knowing little to nothing about ranching and rangeland management, Dr. Taylor and two colleagues created the Academy for Ranch Management to teach these new landowners how to be good stewards of their range resource. Currently they have taught over 70 students with land holdings in excess of 500,000 acres.

For his continuing dedication to rangelands, it is an honor to present Dr. Charles A Taylor with the Sustained Lifetime Achievement Award.

Fellow

Schacht, Walter H.

Dr. Schacht has been actively involved in range

management during his entire professional career and has been a member of SRM since 1979. His current position at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln includes both teaching and research responsibilities. Dr. Schacht ranks among the top educators in the nation in the discipline of Range and Forage Sciences. He has received several teaching awards, successfully competed for education grants, and is active in teaching, advising, scholarly activities, and curriculum development. He has been responsible for extensive revision of the Range Ecology and Management major at UNL and a key leader in the development and administration of the Grazing Livestock Systems and the Plant Biology majors. At the regional and national level, his leadership in range management education is made evident by his coordination of the development of a regional distance education program in grassland management in the central Great Plains, active roles in the Range Science Education Council, organization of educational symposia, membership of the SRM accreditation committee, and long-term commitment to student activities associated with SRM. Dr. Schacht’s research concentrates on the study of interactions between grazing animals and the biotic and abiotic components of grassland ecosystems. His long-term research projects have focused on developing year-round grazing/forage programs that are ecologically and economically sustainable. His productive research program has focused on graduate student education and multidisciplinary/multistate projects. He has mentored numerous graduate students that have gone on to become successful professionals. His research has been supported by a diversity of grant sources and led to the publication of 50 articles in refereed journals or symposium proceedings. He also is an associate editor of Rangeland Ecology and Management. His skills and expertise in many aspects of range management have gained respect from students, ranchers, and peers. Dr. Schacht also has an active leadership role in the Society for Range Management through chairmanship and committee member service at both the International and Section levels.

Sieg, Carolyn Hull

Dr. Carolyn Hull-Sieg has served the Society for Range Management in elected, volunteer, and assigned positions over the last 20 years. She has been elected as Director on the International and State levels as well as Section President of the South Dakota Section. She has taken major responsibility in 2 of our annual international meetings, with primary program responsibility in 1997. She has volunteered for the Public Affairs Committee, I&E Committee at both the Section and National level, and has served as chair of the Advisory Board. All of these positions are positions of responsibility that require active management and participation in how the SRM functions. All of these positions can make a lasting impact on our professional Society.

Probably the most time-consuming volunteer position Dr. Sieg has performed is that of Associate Editor for our professional journal. After serving a 4 year term as an Associate Editor, Carolyn volunteered to remain with the journal for an additional year through the transformation from the Journal of Range Management to Rangeland Ecology & Management. Her insight and dedication helped provide the continuity to make the journal change.

In summary, Carolyn has served the Society in every conceivable office and committee. She has improved how the SRM functions by serving on numerous that not only address the business of the Society but also how the Society does business. She consistently provides a professional and caring attitude that enhances the SRM both internally and to other professionals and organizations – and she has done this over a 20 year period. Naming Carolyn Hull Sieg as Fellow of the Society for Range Management is clearly deserved and long overdue.

Outstanding Achievement - Academia/Research

Booth, Terrance D.

Dr. Terrance Booth is one of those rare scientists who has taken his knowledge of rangeland science, and applied it to the development of new knowledge and theory which has greatly benefited many whose careers involve the management of western rangelands. Starting out in seedbed ecology and reclamation research, Terry made several substantive advances that have affected or changed industry standards in the processing of seeds, in the reclamation of disturbed lands, and in the development of a new cultivar. He advanced the science of seedbed ecology by elucidating the physical, physiological and morphological reactions of seeds in processing and priming, and the consequences for seedling vigor and plant establishment. His research pointed out the need to fully understand for all relevant species their seedbed ecology, including all diaspore functions that contribute to seedling establishment. He also pointed out the need to understand seed processing in order to develop the most economical and effective seed handling protocols.

More recently, but building on work begun as a graduate student under Dr. Paul Tueller, Dr. Booth created an aerial survey system that fully addresses the rangeland monitoring problem defined by Brady et al., who in 1995, commented in a Journal of Range Management article, “The monitoring problem in natural resource management is one of how to design ...economical inventory methods that will detect ecologically important vegetation changes with acceptable error rates.” The technical problems and obstacles in this accomplishment were multiple, substantive, and would be to many, defeating. But Terry persevered, and today has developed an aerial monitoring system that numerous groups, including organizations like the BLM, USDA-ARS, the Northern Nevada Stewardship Group, Nevada Bighorn’s Unlimited and Bitterroot Restoration Inc. see as a solution to the problem in monitoring vast acreages of rangelands.

In summary, Dr. Terry Booth has been a dedicated and accomplished rangeland scientist who has used his scientific skills and knowledge to develop critical tools that rangeland managers desperately need. His program today is a leading range science program, and his contributions will be a standard upon which future advances in aerial monitoring will be based.

McCartney, Duane

Mr. McCartney’s contributions to range management have been substantial with most of his contributions being in the planted pasture arena rather than the more traditional rangeland management arena. This is largely because planted pastures are key components of rangeland grazing systems in the Aspen Parkland region of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Moreover, where operations include significant amounts of native rangeland, his work has allowed operators to delay and shorten their native rangeland grazing period which is of direct benefit to the rangeland resource.

Mr. McCartney is held in high esteem by both his colleagues and customers. This is because of his: In the past 5 years alone, 1) his research accomplishments include 24 refereed journal articles, 27 conference proceedings, and 8 “other” publications; 2) 50 written and 34 oral technical and semi-technical presentations. 3) the many distinguished professional awards he has received; and 4) the many significant leadership roles he has enjoyed on both a national and international level such as organizing numerous conferences including the International Grasslands Congress in Winnipeg and Saskatoon which hosted 1100 people from 90 countries for a 2-week period, presenting the opening address at the same Congress; forming a Canadian Chapter, Society for Range Management for Saskatchewan and Manitoba, serving as President of the Northern Great Plains Section of SRM (North Dakota, eastern Montana, Saskatchewan, Manitoba), serving on the nomination and awards committee of SRM, representing the grazing and range industry on the Expert Committee on Forage Crops; forming the Western Forage Beef Network which brought together all forage and beef researchers at Ag Canada and Universities plus all the forage and beef extension personal from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba on an annual basis for the further development of the forage beef industry; serving on an array of Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture Food and Rural Revitalization forage and beef committees and PFRA Green Plan committees, and serving as a Canadian ambassador and instructor on an educational trade mission to Ukraine and Cuba. In addition to these many accomplishments, a capstone achievement of Mr. McCartney’s is that he initiated and led a team of 55 people from across Canada in the development of a forage/beef cattle informational website www.Foragebeef.ca.

Because of the above accomplishments, it is truly a privilege for the Society for Range Management to honour Mr. McCartney with a 2008 Outstanding Achievement Award.

Sedivec, Kevin K.

Dr. Kevin Sedivec has distinguished himself as an

outstanding rangeland extension specialist, educator, and research scientist. His success as an extension specialist is reflected by the sheer number of extension workshops, meetings, etc. he has organized and/or participated in over the past 15 years. For example, he has organized/chaired 70 customer workshops and 35 in-service training courses. He has made over 350 educational presentations, authored or co-authored 20 peer reviewed extension publications, 38 “other” extension publications, and 75 field day reports/fact sheets. He and his work have been featured in over 225 popular articles, video’s, and “other” avenues of outreach. Dr. Sedivec has taught several rangeland science courses at North Dakota State University and he has served as either major or co-major advisor to 22 graduate students. In addition, he has served as a member of 19 additional Graduate Student Committees. His independent and graduate students’ research has resulted in one senior and nine junior authored refereed journal articles and a total of 46 abstracts. Also, he has been the principle or co-principle investigator on 76 research grants funded to the amount of $2.9m. Dr. Sedivec has received numerous awards for his dedicated service to his profession including the 1998 SRM Outstanding Young Professional Award. He has also served in numerous SRM leadership positions in the North Dakota Chapter, the Northern Great Plains Section, and the Parent Society.

Because of these accomplishments, it is truly a privilege for the

Society for Range Management to honour Dr. Sedivec with a 2008 Outstanding Achievement Award.

Sheley, Roger L.

Dr. Roger Sheley has developed an

international reputation as a weed ecologist. He is currently a lead scientist for the Agricultural Research Service program in Burns, Oregon, and previously was on the faculty at Montana State University. Roger has developed research programs that span the spectrum from very applied to very theoretical. He is a prolific speaker and writer, often giving 20-30 presentations per year, and he recently was senior or co-author on ten scientific journal publications in a single year.

During the past 10 to 12 years, Dr. Sheley has worked to provide a

conceptual framework that would help integrate research, teaching and management associated with rangeland weed management. A strength of this approach is that research and management can be evaluated on a unified basis. The second real advantage to the system (which Roger has termed Ecologically-Based Invasive Plant Management) is that it forces both managers and researchers to consider the primary mechanisms of succession when evaluating success and failures. Roger’s goal is to develop principles for weed management that are based on the best existing ecological knowledge.

Much of his drive to improve rangeland weed management comes

from a sincere desire to improve the land for our children. Along with his extensive research effort, Roger has also mentored a host of graduate students and other professionals, been active in technology transfer and outreach activities and generally contributed to the success of those with whom he has worked.

Torrell, L. Allen

Dr L. Allen Torell joined the New Mexico State

University faculty in 1984 and is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Business. Dr. Torell is recognized as one of the top range economist in the western United States. His research and teaching emphasis has contributed extensively to the areas of production economics, resource economics, public land policy, and ranch and range economics. He is widely sought for his knowledge and expertise in econometrics, computer applications, and farm and ranch management.

Dr. Torell has contributed to rangeland science for many years,

conducting critical economic evaluations that are particularly valued by land management agencies. His cost and return data for ranches of various sizes has been invaluable to landowners, academia, bankers, and real estate personnel. He has been the driving force and major investigator in the “What is a Ranch Worth” idea showing that rangelands have values far beyond just livestock grazing. He is, however, passionate that we continue to recognize that livestock grazing is a major factor in managing rangelands. His “Ran-val” work is used across the western U.S. and is a valuable tool for determining true ranch value when all aspects of ownership are taken into consideration.

Dr. Torell not only conducts economic research, he has been

instrumental in collaborating with rangeland scientist in New Mexico and nationally. He has worked and published on the economic impact and benefits from managing various brush and weed species, including mesquite, sagebrush, snakeweed, locoweed, and others. He is widely sought to determine economic values, impacts, and effects on local economies of various rangeland and ranching practices. Nearly all his publications are multi-authored, indicating the degree of collaboration.

Dr. Allen Torell was bestowed with the New Mexico Section SRM

Rangeland Manager of the Year Award in 2005. In part, he was recognized as the ONE agricultural economist available to New Mexico residents that is well versed on and knowledgeable in range land economics. He was further recognized as always willing to spend time and energy to disseminate this information in a usable, timely, and understandable fashion.

Walker, John W.

Dr. John Walker has distinguished himself as an

outstanding rangeland scientist and agriculture administrator. The primary focus of Dr. Walker’s research has been in developing new understandings of grazing livestock diet selection processes and incorporating findings into the development of effective grazing management strategies that can affect the consequences of domestic herbivory on rangeland ecosystems. In this interest, he has investigated the effects of grazing systems on many aspects of range livestock production systems, the use of livestock to manage noxious weeds, and the use of selective breeding to modify diet preference. He has also investigated a variety of other topics including rangeland monitoring, many aspects of range livestock production systems, brush removal to increase rangeland water yield, and fecal NIRS to predict diet composition. These research endeavors have resulted in numerous scientific publications including 16 senior and 25 junior authored refereed journal articles, 70 “other” publications, 33 abstracts, and 29 invited presentations/papers.

Dr. Walker has also distinguished himself as an outstanding

rangeland agriculture administrator having served as a post-doctoral rangeland scientist, a CAT I rangeland scientist, and as acting Research Leader at the USDA-ARS Sheep Experiment Station, Dubois, Idaho (1988 – 1997) and as Resident Director of Research at the Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center in San Angelo, Texas (1997 – present). At both locations, Dr. Walker’s role was to provide leadership to a multi-disciplinary team of scientists developing new technologies for increasing the efficiency and sustainability of range livestock production.

Because of the these accomplishments, it is truly a privilege for the

Society for Range Management to honour Dr. Walker with a 2008 Outstanding Achievement Award.

Outstanding Achievement –Stewardship

Allison, Christopher Dale

Chris’ major career emphases have been in grazing management, poisonous plants, public land management, and youth development. Chris has developed range-monitoring techniques that have been applied by ranchers and federal land management agencies. He also developed a program to certify resource consultants for the New Mexico State Land Office. He has been extensively involved with public land agency - producer - environmentalist conflict resolution throughout his career. He recently developed a rangeland evaluation protocol (Rapid Assessment Methodology), which is being used in Arizona and New Mexico to determine range suitability for livestock grazing.

Recent emphasis on elk - livestock interaction and competition has led to involvement with the federal and state agencies and producer groups in trying to resolve this growing conflict on rangelands. A study initiated by Chris in 1995 attempted to partition forage consumption into elk and livestock components.

Chris’ involvement with toxic plant management is focused on developing management strategies and guidelines for grazing locoweed infested pastures. He has developed, with the local extension agents, criteria for supplementation and proper turn-in time for cattle that minimize incidence oflocoism as well as conducting field trials on locoweed aversion.

Chris works extensively in the 4H and FFA youth education areas also. He developed a judging contest for evaluating rangelands in New Mexico as well as assisted in development of the national rangeland-judging contest held annually in Oklahoma City. He instructs at the state 4H horse school and the state 4H livestock schools and started the first 4H pig school. He conducts the state and national 4H shotgun contest in the 4H Shooting Sports Contest and serves as the state and national chairman of the shotgun event at the Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC).

Chris has served as the interim coordinator for the Range Improvement Task Force; he serves as the Department Head for the Extension Service’s Animal Resources Department; and he has served as the administrator of the Clayton Livestock Research Center.

Chris has more than 65 refereed journal articles and other professional publications. He has given over 75 public presentations.

Hart, Charles R.

Dr. Hart began is deserving of the SRM “Outstanding Achievement Award” for his comprehensive and integrated programs to improve rangeland health and stewardship. These projects include the Pecos River Ecosystem Project, the first in Texas to attempt to reclaim and restore and entire river ecosystem damaged by saltcedar invasion. Through his leadership, the project has of this date reclaimed over 289 river miles (13, 497 acres), with an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 acre-feet of water salvaged annually along the Pecos River in Texas.

Dr. Hart’s achievements are not limited to the rangeland watershed

issues. He also developed the Integrated Toxic Plant Management Program in 1996. Over 700 landowners have been trained in workshops conducted by this program. One outstanding achievement of the program was the book “Toxic Plants of Texas” which includes color pictures of over 100 toxic plants in the state as well as descriptions of symptoms, toxic agents involved, distribution, habitat as well as suggested integrated management strategies to reduce livestock losses. This has been on the most popular rangeland publications produced by Texas A&M University.

Dr. Hart’s achievements are many including his work to develop

the Texas Digital Diagnostics System, his 200 or more applied research and demonstration projects in the area of rangeland weed and brush control and his authorship of 24 Extension publications.

There can be no better measure of achievement than “making a

difference.” Dr. Charles Hart, and his work as an Extension Range Specialist in West Texas, has “made a difference,” for rangeland owners and most importantly for the ecological health and productivity of rangelands.

Moseley, Mark E.

For over thirty years, Mark Moseley has been a

practitioner and promoter of rangeland management and sustainability. Beginning on the family ranch in McCulloch County, Texas, through the pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in Range and Wildlife Management at Texas Tech University, several Natural Resources Conservation Service field offices in Texas, the NRCS State Rangeland Management Specialist position in Oklahoma, and finally, the state GLCI coordinator for Texas, Mark has exhibited a contagious passion for rangelands.

Mark is very well-respected among partners as a leading authority

on rangeland issues in Oklahoma and Texas. He was instrumental in the formation of the original Grazinglands Conservation Initiative (GLCI) coalition in Oklahoma. Mark has served as a mentor to many young conservationists. He enjoys training and helping others to learn, as is evident in his efforts with the National Range Judging Contest, range camps, High School Youth Forum, and many NRCS training sessions. He is always available to answer questions and provide guidance when needed. His positive impact on these individuals is evident in the fact that most of them remain in contact with Mark many years later, despite career changes and relocation.

To Mark, it does not matter what time it is; it does not matter

whether he is on the clock or off the clock; it does not matter whether he is participating in a major conference, out on the ground visiting with a rancher, or talking to a grade school class; Mark is always promoting rangelands and rangeland management. He has the ability to talk at whatever level is necessary – carving out policy, regulations, etc., spilling his knowledge in helping ranchers with their management skills, or telling the story of rangelands with 4th graders who may become the next generation of policy-makers, ranchers, or agency employees. Mark never stops promoting rangelands and range management.

His long-term service and passion for rangelands make Mark

Moseley a most worthy recipient of the SRM Outstanding Achievement Award.

Williams, John

John Williams, long time SRM member and County Chair for the

Oregon State University Cooperative Extension Service, Wallowa County, Oregon, has many, far reaching accomplishments. He is known regionally in northeastern Oregon as the “go-to guy” for rangeland management, water quality, land management, weed control, and team building. He is the motivation behind the Wallowa County/Nez Perce Tribe Salmon Habitat Recovery Plan which is touted in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, Canada, as the model to follow in dealing with the “sticky wickets” germane to creating an acceptable rare and endangered species recovery plan across three states and an international boundary! Mr. Williams would modestly suggest that the plan itself is not exportable, but that the process is….meaning that the format, protocol, and social/biophysical process which her fostered to resolve conflict and actively engage in positive pathways are the critical features of any successful plan.

Mr. Williams has been instrumental in the educational understanding and enhancement of Confined Animal feeding Operations (CAFO) requirements; with Local Environmental and Resource Network (LEARN) as a means of helping beleaguered landowners find ways to comply with land use regulations that are acceptable and financially do-able; he has provided leadership to the Natural Resource Advisory Committee (NRAC) which has provided over a million dollar in input toward road inventories, satellite imagery research, stewardship principles training, removal of fish passage barriers, vegetation projects, and off-site livestock watering implementation.

John Williams is a compelling force for the better. He is believable, acceptable, and clearly in it for the long haul.

Outstanding Young Range Professional Coombs, Duane K.

Duane Coombs is an unusual and remarkable young man. As a Utah State University graduate by education, and a “cowboy” by a life time of experience, he has brought professionalism, intelligence, and insight to the Smith Creek Ranch grazing operation in central Nevada.

One of Duane’s first responsibilities when he started work at the Smith Creek Ranch was to work with Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the ranch’s consultants to develop and implement an allotment management plan. He was instrumental in developing the grazing management system for the plan by incorporating innovative ideas on training cattle to graze uplands and use off-riparian watering areas and implementing selective culling of the cattle herd based on trainability of the cattle to the herding system.

Duane is a strong advocate of the adage that you cannot manage what you do not measure. He participates in the ranch’s third-party monitoring and in agency monitoring and he has implemented a monitoring program of his own.

Duane is constantly striving to learn more about resource management and he is always willing to share his ideas and experience with local land managers, interest groups and livestock growers. Duane also has the ability to be adaptable, he learns from mistakes, and devises solutions to meet resource and economic goals. Duane has been active in Nevada’s sage grouse planning effort is and is implementing sage grouse management practices on the ranch. He is also working on pinyon juniper control and aspen regeneration projects on the Smith Creek Ranch.

Duane has a strong land and resource management ethic and believes in sharing this with youth and is an avid supporter of Nevada Range Camp. Ask Duane about some of his accomplishments and he will start naming off the young men and women that have worked from over the years. He will tell you that he most proud of his cowboys. Without good, well trained and enthusiastic employees, much of what has been accomplished on the Smith Creek Ranch would of never have occurred. Duane is proud to say that he has been influence to at least two of his employees who are now attending college in rangeland management programs.

Duane Coombs is most deserving of the Outstanding Young Range Professional Award.

Meiman, Dr. Paul J.

In his short tenure as Extension Specialist for Rangeland Resources at the University of Wyoming, Dr. Paul J Meiman as quickly risen to the ranks of “superstar.” He has quickly developed a reputation that is trusted to apply scientific insight to practical rangeland management challenges. He is in high demand to make presentations to a broad spectrum of groups who care about sustainable rangeland management – all while maintaining the respect and esteem of agency personnel, ranchers, and environmental interest groups. He also has the skill to make the connection between research and aiding on-the-ground application through extension education.

Dr Meiman has successfully established a statewide Rangeland Management School and a Wyoming rangelands website, developed a series of regularly broadcasted radio and television Public Service Announcements, and helped with the Wyoming Rangeland Resources Camp each summer. He has 12 televised informational programs aired in Wyoming since June 2004. He has already had 140+ formal presentations, 5 scientific journal articles, 8 popular articles, 6 Extension Fact Sheets, and several other publications since he arrived at the University of Wyoming in 2003.

In addition to his Extension duties, Paul teaches two classes, and has diverse research interests (from invasion ecology to soil/plant/microbe interactions to watershed interactions to wildland ecology) and is also collaborating on several interdisciplinary projects.

Paul is one of those rare individuals we in higher education look for to carry on and expand our intellectual horizons. He has a great aptitude for developing keen insights regarding the underlying principles of his profession and has demonstrated an ability to understand the cross-disciplinary linkages.

He is a real leader – well respected and liked by those who have had the good fortune of working with him.

Dr. Meiman is aware that the future of range and natural resource management depends on recruitment of quality young men and women into the field. Paul takes the time to visit with high school and college students in group settings and individually about career opportunities in range and natural resource management.

Dr. Meiman is an excellent example of an “Outstanding Young Rangeland Professional” and is most deserving of this award.

Past SRM Honor Award RecipientsFREDERIC G

RENNER

1972 - Peter V Jackson III 1973 - August L Hormay 1974 - Francis Colbert 1975 - Martin H Gonzales 1976 - Perry A Plummer 1977 - Joseph H Robertson 1978 - C Wayne Cook 1979 - E William Anderson 1980 - Harold F Heady 1981 - William C Whetsell 1982 - John D Freeman 1983 - G M Van Dyne (Post) 1984 - John L Merrill Jr 1985 - Alan A Beetle 1986 - Henry A Wright 1987 - John W Bohning 1988 - Edward A McKinnon 1989 - Elbert H Reid 1989 - Arthur D Smith 1989 - Clinton H Wasser 1990 - Thadis W Box 1991 - Gerald W Thomas 1992 - Lee A Sharp 1993 - William A Laycock 1994 - John R Hunter 1995 - Thomas Bedell 1996 - C Rex Cleary 1997 - Thomas N Shiflet 1998 - S Clark Martin 1999 - Joseph L Schuster 2000 - Minoru Hironaka 2001 - James A Young 2002 - John C Buckhouse 2003 - Stan Tixier 2004 - William D Hurst 2005 - William C Krueger 2006 – Gary W Frasier

W R CHAPLINE

RESEARCH

1987 - Henry A Pearson 1988 - Thomas N Johnsen 1989 - Leo B Merrill 1990 - James A Young 1991 - Neil E West 1992 - Richard H Hart 1993 - Martyn M Caldwell 1994 - M J Trlica 1995 - Darrell N Ueckert 1996 - Rex D Pieper 1997 - Arthur Bailey 1998 - Warren P Clary 1999 - Walter Fick Sr 2000 - Stephen C Bunting 2001 - Gary W Frasier 2002 - Ronald E Sosebee 2003 - Alma H Winward

2004 - Clenton E Owensby 2005 - Jerry L Holechek 2006 - Gerald E Shuman

W R CHAPLINE LAND STEWARDSHIP

1987 - John L Merrill Jr 1988 - John A Pierce 1989 - Billy L Carr 1990 - Lee A Sharp 1991 - William E Armstrong 1991 - Donnie E Harmel 1992 - Robert L Ross 1993 - Doc & Connie Hatfield 1994 - Philip Robbins 1995 - Charles M Jarecki 1996 - Willard P Phillips 1997 - Clarence Mortenson 1998 - Josiah T Austin 1999 - Frederick D Provenza 2000 - Ray Banister 2001 - Jack Maddux 2002 - Wallace C Butler 2003 - S Wesley Hyatt 2004 - Norman R McClure 2005 - Dennis T Becenti 2006 - Deseret Land &

Livestock

SUSTAINED LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

1992 - Alfred H Walker 1993 - Ardell J Bjugstad (Post) 1993 - C M Schumacher 1994 - H Russell Boe 1994 - Charles S Fisher 1995 - William D Hurst 1995 - W J Waldrip 1996 - None Given 1997 - Stan Tixier 1998 - Lester A McKenzie 1998 - Max Robinson 1999 - Robert E Bement 1999 - Everett R Doman 1999 - Jim Bob Grumbles 2000 - Deen E Boe 2000 - Hugh C Thompson 2001 - James J Butler 2002 - Jerry W Goodman 2003 - John E Mitchell 2003 - Gerald E Schuman 2004 - James R Brunner 2004 - Marion E Everhart 2004 - Marshall Haferkamp 2005 - Daniel L Merkel 2006 - George S Cook 2006 - Paul T Tueller

FELLOW

1977 - E William Anderson 1977 - Hershel M Bell 1977 - Lester J Berry 1977 - Lorenz F Bredemeier 1977 - Robert S Campbell 1977 - W Ridgely Chapline 1977 - John G Clouston 1977 - C Wayne Cook 1977 - Don A Cox 1977 - Edsko J Dyksterhuis 1977 - John D Freeman 1977 - Martin H Gonzales 1977 - Harold F Heady 1977 - Peter V Jackson III 1977 - Alex Johnston 1977 - Wayne Kessler 1977 - W G McGinnies Sr 1977 - Edward A McKinnon 1977 - Melvin S Morris 1977 - Joseph F Pechanec 1977 - Elbert H Reid 1977 - Frederic G Renner 1977 - Robert L Ross 1977 - Gerald W Tomanek 1977 - Gilberto Valdez 1977 - Warren C Whitman 1977 - Berten W Allred (Post) 1977 - Francis T Colbert (Post) 1977 - Milo H Deming (Post) 1977 - Walt L Dutton (Post) 1977 - AL Hafenrichter (Post) 1977 - Donald E Hervey (Post) 1977 - A D Sampson (Post) 1977 - David A Savage (Post) 1977 - L A Stoddart (Post) 1977 - Murrell W Talbot (Post) 1977 - Joe A Wagner (Post) 1977 - Wilton T White (Post) 1977 - E J Woolfolk (Post) 1977 - Vernon A Young (Post) 1978 - John L Artz 1978 - Alan A Beetle 1978 - Thomas K Eaman 1978 - Richard E Eckert 1978 - Carlton S Fonte 1978 - Dillard H Gates 1978 - William D Hurst 1978 - Donald L Huss 1978 - Floyd E Kinsinger 1978 - Charles L Leinweber 1978 - EH McIlvain 1978 - Alastair McLean 1978 - Daniel L Merkel 1978 - Karl G Parker 1978 - A Perry Plummer 1978 - Jeff Powell 1978 - J Boyd Price 1978 - Gerald W Thomas 1978 - Edwin W Tisdale 1978 - Clinton H Wasser

1978 - Robert E Williams 1978 - Lincoln Ellison (Post) 1978 - Fred Kennedy (Post) 1978 - K W Parker (Post) 1978 - Gerald W Sharp (Post) 1979 - Harold H Biswell 1979 - Donald F Burzlaff 1979 - John T Cassady 1979 - Elizabeth Colbert 1979 - Wilbur F Currier 1979 - Barry N Freeman 1979 - VM Harris 1979 - Garlyn O Hoffman 1979 - Alvin C Hull Jr 1979 - Donald N Hyder 1979 - Donald E Johnson 1979 - Lyman G Linger 1979 - William J Little 1979 - Charles H McKinnon 1979 - John L Merrill Jr 1979 - Charles E Poulton 1979 - Laurence E Riordan 1979 - John L Schwendiman 1979 - Arthur D Smith 1980 - Thomas E Bedell 1980 - Charles M Jarecki 1980 - David B Polk 1980 - Sylvester Smoliak 1981 - Jay R Bentley 1981 - F Robert Gartner 1981 - Donald W Hedrick 1981 - Floyd D Larson 1982 - Grant A Harris 1982 - Ervin M Schmutz 1983 - William A Laycock 1983 - Bob J Ragsdale 1984 - John R Hunter 1984 - S Clark Martin 1984 - Joseph L Schuster 1984 – W J Waldrip 1984 - Robert M Williamson 1985 - Pat O Currie 1985 - Bill E Dahl 1985 - Reginald M DeNio 1985 - Clare W Hendee 1985 - Robert W Lodge 1986 - Neil C Frischknecht 1986 - Joseph B Norris Jr 1986 - Rex D Pieper 1987 - Thadis W Box 1987 - S Wesley Hyatt 1987 - Kenneth D Sanders 1988 – F E Busby 1988 - Don D Dwyer 1988 - Herbert G Fisser 1988 - Gary W Frasier 1988 - Kendall L Johnson 1989 - Thane J Johnson 1989 - Ronald E Sosebee 1990 - Gary B Donart 1990 - Russel James Lorenz 1990 - Gene F Payne 1990 - Tommy G Welch 1991 - Randall R Hall 1991 - Michael C Stroud 1991 - James Stubbendieck 1991 - Faisal K Taha

1991 - William C Whetsell 1991 - J Ross Wight 1992 - James A Linebaugh 1992 - John E Mitchell 1992 - Donald W Nelson Jr 1992 - Marilyn J Samuel 1992 - J Kent Taylor 1993 - C Wayne Hanselka 1993 - John R Lacey 1993 - Charles Saulisberry 1993 - J E “Chuck” Taylor 1993 - James A Young 1994 - C Rex Cleary 1994 - Harold Goetz 1994 - James R Johnson 1994 - Steven S Waller 1994 - Larry D White 1995 - R D Baumberger 1995 - Jim W Doughty 1995 - Allan McGinty 1995 - Ed Nelson 1995 - Jennifer J Pluhar 1996 - Arthur J Armbrust 1996 - Kenneth O Fulgham 1996 - Mark Moseley 1996 - Thomas N Shiflet 1996 - Carl L Wambolt 1997 - Reldon F Beck 1997 - Joel A Frandsen 1997 - John L McLain 1997 - Sid E Salzman 1998 - Patricia S Johnson 1998 - Wilbert H Blackburn 1998 - George B Ruyle 1998 - James T O’Rourke 1999 - Richard H Hart 1999 - Douglas A Johnson 1999 - Robert Knight 1999 - Charles E McGlothlin 1999 - Gerald E Schuman 2000 - James Bartolome 2000 - Marshall Haferkamp 2000 - Charles E Jordan 2000 - Phillip L Sims 2001 - Val Jo Anderson 2001 - Merwyn M Kothmann 2001 - Paul Nyren 2001 - Phil R Ogden 2001 - E Lamar Smith 2002 - George S Cook 2002 - Herman Mayeux 2002 - MJ “Joe” Trlica 2003 - William C Krueger 2003 - Patrick E Reece 2004 - Fred C Bryant 2004 - R K Heitschmidt 2004 - Barron S Rector 2005 – None Given 2006 – None Given

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

1967 – Robert S Campbell 1967 – W Ridgely Chapline 1967 – Edsko J Dyksterhuis

1967 – Joseph F Pechanec 1967 – Laurence A Stoddart 1968 – E William Anderson 1968 – Kenneth W Parker 1968 – Frederic G Renner 1969 – Berten W Allred 1969 – Evan L Flory 1969 – Harold F Heady 1970 – David F Costello 1970 – Martin H Gonzales 1970 – Alex Johnston 1970 – Gerald W Thomas 1971 – Wallace R Hanson 1971 – Herbert A Lundin 1971 – Elbert H Reid 1971 – Murrell W Talbot 1971 – Warren C Whitman 1972 – Kling L Anderson 1972 – Marion E Clawson 1972 – C Wayne Cook 1972 – Reginald M DeNio 1972 – August L Hormay 1972 – Joseph H Robertson 1972 – Robert L Ross 1972 – Edwin W Tisdale 1973 – Donald N Hyder 1973 – Lyman G Linger 1973 – W G McGinnies Sr 1973 – E H McIlvain 1973 – Charles H McKinnon 1974 – Wilbur F Currier 1974 – Alvin C Hull Jr 1974 – Melvin S Morris 1974 – A Perry Plummer 1974 – Otto J Wolff 1975 – Donald L Huss 1975 – S Clark Martin 1975 – Arthur D Smith 1975 – Alfred H Walker 1976 – Robert W Harris 1976 – Maxwell T Lieurance 1976 – Alastair McLean 1976 – Leo B Merrill 1976 – John L Schwendiman 1976 – Lee A Sharp 1976 – Sylvester Smoliak 1977 – Alan A Beetle 1977 – Claude C Dillon 1977 – John D Freeman 1977 – Fred J Fritz 1977 – Daniel L Merkel 1978 – John W Bohning 1978 – Richard E Eckert 1978 – Robert R Humphrey 1978 – E Lavelle Thompson 1978 – George M Van Dyne 1979 – David E Hutchinson 1979 – John Gordon King 1979 – Jeff Powell 1979 – William H Stewart 1980 – None Given 1981 – Sharp Bros Seed Co 1981 – Forrest A Sneva 1982 – John F Hughes 1982 – M T Wallace 1983 – Robert E Bement 1983 – Richard S Driscoll

1983 – Donald A Jameson 1983 – Henry A Wright 1984 – Edward P Cliff 1984 – Ralph S Cole 1984 – Bill E Dahl 1984 – Charles E Fisher 1984 – James W Giltmier 1984 – James K Lewis 1984 – Mont E Lewis Sr 1984 – Alma M Wilson 1985 – Pat O Currie 1985 – William A Laycock 1985 – W J McGinnies Jr 1985 – Henry A Pearson 1985 – Charles J Scifres 1986 – Harold H Biswell 1986 – Minoru Hironaka 1986 – Charles E Poulton 1986 – Thomas N Shiflet 1986 – Patricia G Smith 1986 – James A Young 1987 – Wilbert H Blackburn 1987 – Henry F Mayland 1987 – Donald T Pendleton 1987 – Leonard B Purdy 1987 – John F Vallentine 1988 – Sherman R Ewing 1988 – Richard M Hanson 1988 – John R Lacey 1988 – Faisal K Taha 1989 – Charles D Bonham 1989 – Richard H Hart 1989 – William K Lauenroth 1989 – James T Nichols 1989 – Clenton E Owensby 1989 – Alma H Winward 1990 – Rodney W Bovey 1990 – James E Bowns 1990 – Edward J DePuit 1990 – R Duane Lloyd 1990 – M J Trlica 1991 – E T Bartlett 1991 – K Lynn Bennett 1991 – D Wayne Elmore 1991 – R K Heitschmidt 1991 – Stephen B Monsen 1991 – Larry D White 1991 – Oregon Watershed

Dev Coalition 1992 – Herbert G Fisser 1992 – Erling T Jacobson 1992 – E Durant McArthur 1992 – Lucio E Rodriguez 1992 – Quentin D Skinner 1992 – Delmar D Vail 1993 – W James Clawson 1993 – James P Dobrowolski 1993 – D Lynn Drawe 1993 – Robert P Gibbens 1993 – Larry R Rittenhouse 1993 – Sam L Short 1993 – Michael A Smith 1993 – David J Steffen 1993 – Larry M White 1994 – Linda A Joyce 1994 – Frederick D Provenza 1994 – Barron D Rector

1994 – Edward F Redente 1994 – Phillip L Sims 1994 – Ronald E Sosebee 1995 – Steven R Archer 1995 – John C Buckhouse 1995 – Rawson Dennis Child 1995 – Jerrold L Dodd 1995 – Kris M Havstad 1995 – Merwyn M Kothmann 1995 – Herman S Mayeux 1995 – Gerald E Schuman 1995 – Steven Sharrow 1996 – Jack R Cutshall 1996 – Gary W Frasier 1996 – Margaret H Friedel 1996 – Melvin R George 1996 – Robert L Gillen 1996 – Douglas A Johnson 1996 – F T McCollum III 1996 – Maynard Smith Family 1996 – Jerry W Stuth 1996 – Sherman R Swanson 1997 – William T Barker 1997 – David A Bryant 1997 – Albert B Frank 1997 – Sherel Goodrich 1997 – Dave Krosting 1997 – Roy L Roath 1997 – Keith E Severson 1997 – Fred E Smeins 1997 – Harold Wiedemann 1997 – Dan Uresk 1998 – David M Engle 1998 – Rodney G Lym 1998 – Stephen E Clubine 1998 – Jerry L Holechek 1998 – Linda Rexroat 1999 – Barry Adams 1999 – Dale Bartos 1999 – Ben Berlinger 1999 – Christopher Call 1999 – Richard Olson 1999 – James A Pfister 1999 – G Allen Rasmussen 1999 – Floyd Reed 2000 – John D Berdahl 2000 – Grazing & Pasture

Technology Programs 2000 – Jonathan D Hanson 2000 – Mike Pellant 2000 – Michael Ralphs 2000 – Nancy Shaw 2000 – Robert B Shaw 2001 – Barbara Allen-Diaz 2001 – Terrence G Bidwell 2001 – Wayne C Leininger 2001 – Allan McGinty 2001 – Charles A Taylor 2001 – Dwight A Tober 2001 – Darrell Ueckert 2001 – J & M Vandervalk 2002 – Michael Borman 2002 – Taylor Brown 2002 – Steve Hatch 2002 – Steve Leonard 2002 – Richard F Miller 2002 – Walter H Schacht

2003 – Alfred H Bawtree 2003 – Donald R Blumenauer 2003 – John Brock 2003 – James Everitt 2003 – Elaine Grings 2003 – Thomas A Jones 2003 – William E Pinchak 2004 – Dean M Anderson 2004 – Thomas W Boutton 2004 – Joel R Brown 2004 – Timothy E Fulbright 2004 – C Wayne Hanselka 2004 – Don Kirby 2004 – Paul D Ohlenbusch 2004 – Steve Whisenant 2005 – David C Ganskopp 2005 – Wayne Hamilton 2005 – Douglas E Johnson 2005 – Robert A Masters 2005 – Jack A Morgan 2005 – H Wayne Polley 2005 – Jack D Alexander 2005 – Larry D Butler 2005 – Fermin G Chavez 2005 – Tamara DeCock 2005 – Curtis M Johnson 2005 – Robert M Thompson 2006 – Amitrajeet A Batabyal 2006 – Justin D Derner 2006 – Linda H Hardesty 2006 – M Keith Owens 2006 – Tony J Svejcar 2006 – P Robert Alexander 2006 – Castleland Ranch

(Ted & Olive Perrin) 2006 – Jeffrey L Printz 2006 – Rangeland Health

Team (Herrick, Pellant, Pyke, & Shaver)

2006 – Michel E Tremblay

OUTSTANDING YOUNG RANGE PROFESSIONAL

1988 - James H Richards 1989 - Steven H Sharrow 1990 - David M Engle 1991 - Dale Rollins 1992 - Joe D Franklin 1993 - Kevin D Norton 1994 - Elena Shaw 1995 - Melony C Sikes 1996 - Karen Launchbaugh 1997 - Natalie Gale 1998 - Kevin K Sedivec 1999 - Samuel D Fuhlendorf 1999 - Charles Hart 1999 - Scott Walker 2000 - Kenneth Tate 2001 - William E Fox 2002 - Daniel G Bell 2002 - Justin Derner 2003 - Keith D Klement 2004 - Edward Bork

2004 - Wade Anderson 2005 - Chad S Boyd 2005 - Wendy Gardner 2005 - Lance Vermiere 2006 – Jason C Hohlt 2006 – Lee A Knox 2006 – Melissa A Teague

EXCELLENCE IN

RANGELAND MANAGEMENT

2003 - Bob & Cathy Lee (MT)

Certificates of Appreciation 2005 - Richards Ranch (TX) 2005 - Sides Ranch (SD) 2005 - Tom Koopmann (Cal-Pac)

SPECIAL AWARDS

Silver Plate Award

(For role in Society formation)

1948 – Harold F Heady 1948 – Joseph F Pechanec 1948 – Wilton T White

Special Certificate of Merit 1957 – Arthur W Sampson

Special Citation & Plaque 1963 – K S Adams & Phillips

Petroleum Co.

Special Achievement

1992 - Peter V Jackson III

Citation for Editor’s Services

1968 – Robert S Campbell 1985 – Elbert H Reid

Citation for Highest Service 1968 - John G Clouston 1968 - William C Whetsell 1981 - W Ridgely Chapline 1983 – US Rep Kika de la

Garza

Bronze Plaque Monument on Stanley Range, OR

1968 – Arthur W Sampson (SRM & USFS Joint Award)

Special Recognition 1983 – Monsanto Corp

(Mine land reclamation & environmental concerns – Joint

Award of SRM, NWS, IntMtn Sec SAF) 1986 - R F Daubenmire

Distinguished Service

1989 - M S & Elinor Morris 1991 - Ray M Housley 1994 - K Rene Crane

1995 - James R Truax 1999 - Charles E Hitch (Post) 2002 - Jeffery B Burwell 2002 - Gerald W Tomanek 2005 - Charles E McGlothlin

Distinguished Service

Certificate of Appreciation

1997 - Charles B Rumburg

Certificate of Appreciation

1956 – G John Chohlis 1956 – William C Whetsell 1993 - Patricia G Smith - 20

yrs 2003 - Patty Rich – 25 yrs 2003 - Kirsten Tardy – 15 yrs 2003 - Ann Harris – 10 yrs

Thank you for attending the 2007

SRM Honor Awards Program.

Nominations for 2008 can be submitted to the SRM Office through April 30th. For more information, please see the SRM website.